Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Helios 1A

 1995-033A


Launched on 1995 Jul 7, Helios 1A was inserted into sun synchronous orbit. Spain and Italy had joined France in the Helios program by the time of launch.

The 2537 kg satellite was built by Matra Marconi Space/France. The satellite was retired in late 2011, and hobbyist observers located it in a lower retirement orbit in 2012.


Helios 1A 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1995 Jul 7  1623  Launch   
 1625Stage 1 sep 
 1628Stage 2 sep 
 1628H-10-3 ignition 
 1641  H-10-3 sep (T+18:19) 
  CERISE and UPMSAT sep 
1995 Jul 8    98.24 672 x 676 x 98.1 
1999   Still operating
2006 Aug 4    98.37 679 x 682 x 98.1 
2009 Dec 8    98.37 679 x 681 x 98.1 
2011 Sep 4    98.37 678 x 682 x 98.1 

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